Black-and-white image of a drummer at a drum kit with an inset color portrait of a smiling woman and the words “Celebrated Vocalist Tanya Maria.”
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Latin Grammy-nominated drummer Nomar Negroni leads a night of jazz standards

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Nomar Negroni has spent more than two decades behind the drum kit alongside his father in one of Puerto Rico’s better-known Latin jazz ensembles. On…

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Promotional graphic for Summer with the Symphony, featuring stylized tropical palm fronds, string lights, and a teal summer sky.
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Dohnanyi and Dvorak close South Florida Symphony’s summer series

By Coral Gables Gazette staff South Florida Symphony Orchestra brings its Summer with the Symphony chamber music series to a close this week with Sweet Serenade, a program pairing Ernő…

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Cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd pose together with their instruments.
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From Bach to the Beatles, Boyd Meets Girl brings cello-guitar chemistry to Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The cello and the classical guitar do not, on paper, seem like obvious partners. One sustains and sings; the other speaks in plucked, decaying notes…

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Promotional poster for Ballet Classics Under the Stars featuring headshots of pianist Francisco Renno, conductor Gary Sheldon and violinist Mei Mei Luo, with Miami City Ballet dancers Nathalia Arja and Rei Cruz listed as special guest performers.
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Miami City Ballet Orchestra steps out of the pit and onto the stage for three nights in Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff For the entirety of its existence, the Miami City Ballet Orchestra has done its work in the dark — in the pit, beneath the stage,…

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Three dancers arranged in a mirrored composition extend their arms upward and outward against a soft purple background, creating overlapping silhouettes and a symmetrical visual effect.
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A dance built on extinction’s loneliest song arrives at the Sanctuary of the Arts

By Coral Gables Gazette staff In 1987, on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, a researcher named David Boynton made a sound recording in the Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve. What he captured…

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Two ballet dancers perform on a dramatically lit stage against a vivid abstract backdrop in deep blues, purples, and reds. The female dancer is in the foreground, wearing a flowing sheer white dress with an orange flower in her hair, leaning back with her left arm extended gracefully. The male dancer is positioned behind and to her right, his right arm extended fully outward, wearing a white sleeveless costume. Both performers are mid-movement, their expressions focused and expressive.
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A Cuban ballet tradition in exile takes the stage at Sanctuary of the Arts

By Coral Gables Gazette staff When Ernesto Lecuona died in the Canary Islands in 1963, his will contained an instruction that said more about the man than almost anything else…

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Promotional image for Feeling Havana: Tributo a los 50's, presented by Pro-Arte and Sentir Cubano. Three performers are shown against a bright red background with decorative star bursts. On the left, a heavyset man in a blue suit and gold chain. In the center, a woman in a pink sequined dress. On the right, a man in a dark jacket and cap. The show title "Feeling Havana" appears in large stylized yellow lettering across the top, with the subtitle "Tributo a los 50's" below it.
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A tribute to 1950s Cuban music comes to Coral Gables Saturday

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Before the revolution ended it, before the diaspora scattered it across New York and Miami and Mexico City, there was a moment when Havana was…

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Group of contemporary dancers in white costumes leaping with arms raised on a stage lit in blue and purple tones.
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New dance program in Coral Gables puts gender and identity in motion

A new program at the Sanctuary of the Arts on Saturday night turns to one of dance’s most enduring questions: how the body carries identity, memory, and meaning. The Peter…

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Members of the Amernet String Quartet pose with their instruments outdoors while clarinetist Guy Yehuda appears in a separate portrait holding his clarinet; the musicians will perform together in Coral Gables as part of the Amernet and Friends chamber music series.
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Amernet String Quartet closes chamber series with clarinetist Guy Yehuda at Sanctuary of the Arts

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Amernet String Quartet will bring its season-long Amernet and Friends chamber music series to a close Thursday evening with a special guest collaboration featuring…

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A translucent glass-like grand piano and cello surrounded by a splash of water in a colorful flower field, with the cursive text "Estaciones del Alma" overlaid in the foreground.
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Schumann, Gershwin and Piazzolla converge at Coral Gables’ Sanctuary of the Arts

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Fine Arts of Miami will present “Estaciones del Alma” — Seasons of the Soul — on Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Sanctuary of…

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